Israel to continue Iran campaign for at least three more weeks

The Israeli military has announced plans to continue its campaign against Iran for at least three more weeks, as there are “thousands of targets” still to address, according to a spokesperson from the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) speaking to CNN on Sunday. Brig. Gen. Effie Defrin, the IDF spokesperson, stated, “We have thousands of targets ahead.” He mentioned that Israel is prepared, in cooperation with its US allies, to execute plans through the Jewish holiday of Passover, which is about three weeks away, and that they have even more extensive plans for three weeks after that. Since launching the Iran campaign on February 28, the Israeli Air Force has conducted around 400 waves of strikes in western and central Iran, targeting infrastructure and personnel involved in fire, defense, and production units. Israeli authorities claim that the US and Israel have already hit thousands of targets since the conflict began. Defrin emphasized to CNN that the IDF is “not working according to a stopwatch or a timetable, but rather to achieve our goals.” He also stated that Israel aims to “severely weaken the Iranian regime.”